Mau­rita Harris

Mau­rita joined our PHX team in 2010. She is a licensed Archi­tect in the State of Ari­zona and has attained her NCARB Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion. She is also a LEED-​Accredited Pro­fes­sional and has com­pleted the Cer­ti­fied Sus­tain­able Build­ing Advi­sor Program. Maurita is also a founding member and is the Immediate Past President of the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA), Arizona Chapter. In the Spring of 2021, she was appointed by the Mayor and City Council to the City of Phoenix Alhambra Village Planning Committee.

Originally from Ohio, Maurita received her Bachelor of Sci­ence in Archi­tec­ture and Bach­e­lor of Archi­tec­ture degrees from Kent State University. As part of her under­grad­u­ate stud­ies, she also par­tic­i­pated in the KSU CAED Euro­pean Pro­gram in Flo­rence, Italy, and Lugano, Switzerland.

In her role as Senior Architect and Project Man­ager, she directs many of our restau­rant and hos­pi­tal­ity projects from design through con­struc­tion, men­tor­ing junior staff and collaborating with clients, con­sul­tants and builders to provide guid­ance and tech­ni­cal exper­tise. Maurita’s design inspiration comes from being a family-oriented person and the desire to create “gathering places”. Recent projects include the Historic Arizona Biltmore Resort Wright’s Lounge, Cottages, Saguaro Pool, the Spire Bar, Paradise Slide, the Scottsdale Resort on McCormick Parkway, Tia Carmen, and Kembara restaurants at the JW Marriott at Desert Ridge.

Past projects include SumoMaya Mexican Asian Kitchen, the Scottsdale Area Association of Realtors Headquarters, Assumption Greek Orthodox Fellowship Hall, Serenity Hospice, Burger Theory Restaurant in Phoenix, True Spec Golf Studios, and the Historic Wigwam Resort renovation. She also has experience in aviation, higher education, financial and retail projects.

Out­side of work, Maurita is a mother of three and is active in the com­mu­nity with NOMA, meeting with students at ASU and UofA, and she also enjoys doing community service with her children, trav­el­ing and dancing.

Superpower: Multitasking Wonder Woman

Current Read: The Places That Scare You by Pema Chodron